The DC Coalition for Girls is comprised of 20 youth-serving and advocacy organizations working together to elevate and amplify the voices of young women and girls in the District of Columbia. The Coalition strives to reduce reliance on justice system responses to trauma, uplift girls as leaders and advocates, and build a network of organizations dedicated to creating and implementing gender-responsive services.

Meet our coalition partners.

Girls Voices on Juvenile Justice

Girls Voices on Juvenile Justice In the Spring of 2017, we brought together 15 young women and girls for a youth advocacy and storytelling workshop. The content for this book was developed over the three full-day workshops exploring issues pertinent to juvenile justice, including research, like The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story. Youth shared stories of community, joy and pride alongside experiences of structural racism, discrimination, abuse and more. We engaged in listening sessions, journaling, poetry, spoken word and training in advocacy and leadership skills. The girls’ own words appear throughout this book. We invite you to listen to their stories, letters and poems. The DC Coalition for Girls was created through an innovation grant to the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence from the National Girls Initiative, of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).